Combination drill and cultivator



April 2, 1929. 1.. s. YOUNGGREN ET AL 1,707,650

CQMBINATION DRILL] QND CULTIYATOR Filed Dec. 29, 1926 PatentedApr. 2, 1929,

UNITED, STATESWPA-TENT OFFICE.

FIE-SNARE SEVENSON YOUNGGREN AND FRANZ YOUNGGBEN, F KII I IIUNDY, ALBER- TA, CANADA; SAID FRANZ YOUNGGBEN ASSIGNOR T0 SAID LEONARD SEVENSON vouneonmr.

oomsma'rzon DRILL AND CULTIVATOB.

Application flied December 29, 1926, Serial No. 157,776, and in Canada July 13, 1926.

Our invention relates to a cultivator comnot provided with wheels but resting on the 40 bination which may be used as a cultivator beams provided with wheels, limit the down unit, or may be used in combination with a ward movement of the'cultivator feet, and seed drill, or may be used in combination with suitably controlled push rods'press them into 5 any standard make of drill as additional culthe ground. Upon beams a, standards 6, are

tivating means. The peculiar arrangement mounted by means of bolts f, the positioning of the cultivator parts will also act as weed of these standards being variable through the destroyers. rovision of bolt holes at intervals along the In seeding land that portion where the seed Beams. The forward ends of the standards 10 is actually planted is generally the only porare fitted with a series of bolt holes 9, so that tion which is cultivated, the space between the angle of the standard in relation to the the rows not being disturbed atall. In our beam may be varied. The standards e prodevice the Whole area of the ground is 0111- ject downwards andiorward and to the bottivated and the weeds removed during secdtoms of same, it, are fastened the duck foot 15 ing operations which helps very considerably shoes 71 which are adapted to travel under the to reduce the crop of weeds which would surface of the earth." I otherwise be actually left growing between To convert this into a drill, tubes is, with the rows of seeds. By adding our device to feet thereon are bolted to the straight porany standard make of seed drill, the ground tions of the standards e, the seed being de- 20 betweenthe rows is cultivated and the seed livered thereto by tubes m, from a suitably is adequately covered up. mounted seedbo' j In the drawings Fi 1, is a side elevation What we claim is: 7 showing the cultivator arrangement; An apparatus of the class described comd Fig. 2, is a plan showing the cultivator arprising a series of beams adapted to be piv- 25 rangemcnt; 'oted to the front member of a frame, down- Fig. 3, is an elevation showing the manner Wardly projecting standards adjustably hung in which a seed tube and shoe of a drill upon the said beams, cultivatorshocs securely would be secured to the standards carrying mounted upon the lower end of the said'stundthe duck feet; ards, a supporting wheel adjustably mounted to Fig. 4, shows in detail the various types of upon every alternate beam, supporting rods feet usable with this combination apparatus. securely mounted upon those remaining Similar characters refer to similar parts beams not provided with wheel supports prothroughout the several views: r jecting transversely across the beams to relu applyingour device for use us a cult-L ceive support from the wheeled beams, ad-

35 vator bcalus it are pivoted to hangers on the justablc pressure rods, mounted upon the front of a frame 2, the beams being free to frame and connected to the said bczuu. move up or down Within a restricted range. Atlee, Alberta, 18th November, 1926.

- A. small Wheel I) mounted on alternate beams, LEONARD SEVENSONJYOUNGGREN- and a series of supports 0 mounted on beams FRANZ YOUNGGREN- 

